The last while I have become interested in playing around with film cameras and with the help of some great friends have figured out which ones would be the best for me to start with! For a while I wondered why people would go from shooting digital to film (it seemed a bit backwards!) As time passed by I have realized there is such a unique look to film images that digital just can’t capture. It has made me excited to try it out! I have a few film shooters blogs that I love to follow and find that they definitely have such an amazing quality and feel to them. No, I will never give up digital because there are so many advantages, but for shooting for myself and just pushing myself creatively, these are keeping things interesting for me!
My first purchase was a Holga and I recently shot my first roll of film with it. It has been fun taking pictures and being forced to think more about the shot. One of the things about digital is the ability to see the picture immediately and know if it turned out. With film there is a bit of a waiting game and I know it will be exciting when I get my first roll of film back from the lab!
My next film camera purchase was the Polaroid SX-70. I just loooove the dreamy looking images that are typical from this type of polaroid. I just got film ordered for this one so I will have to wait a little bit to be able to take this one out!
I also have my sights set on another film camera but am waiting for the right one to come up on ebay!! In the next while I will get some images scanned and up on the blog to share!!
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